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Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Borough of Montreal
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Location of Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Island of Montreal.  (Gray areas indicate demerged municipalities).
Location of Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Island of Montreal.
(Gray areas indicate demerged municipalities).
Coordinates: 45°30′N 73°48′W / 45.500°N 73.800°W / 45.500; -73.800Coordinates: 45°30′N 73°48′W / 45.500°N 73.800°W / 45.500; -73.800
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montréal
Established January 01, 2006
Electoral Districts
Federal

Pierrefonds—Dollard
Lac-Saint-Louis
Provincial Nelligan
Robert-Baldwin
Government
 • Type Borough
 • Mayor Dimitrios (Jim) Beis (EDC)
 • Federal MP(s) Frank Baylis (LPC)
Francis Scarpaleggia (LPC)
 • Quebec MNA(s) Carlos Leitão (PLQ)
Martin Coiteux (PLQ)
Area
 • Land 27.13 km2 (10.47 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 68,410
 • Density 2,521.6/km2 (6,531/sq mi)
 • Change (2006-11) Increase5.2%
 • Dwellings (2006) 24,672
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code(s) H9J, H9H
Area code(s) (514) and (438)
Access Routes A-13
Website ville.montreal.qc.ca/pierrefonds-roxboro

Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a borough of the city of Montreal. It was created 1 January 2006 following the demerger of parts of the city It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island. Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

The borough has an area of 38.90 km² and a population of 60,138.

As of the November 3, 2013 Montreal municipal election, the current borough council consists of the following councillors:

Pierrefonds has the largest nature park in the City of Montreal, the Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park. It is also home to several English elementary schools (St. Anthony School, St. Charles School, Greendale, Terry Fox School, Thorndale), as well as two public English high schools, Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School and Riverdale. There is also two French private school, Collège Charlemagne and Collège Beaubois.

The former town had two nature parks known as Roxboro Island and Roxboro Woods , three elementary schools (Lalande, French; Charles-Perrault, French; and Socrates, Greek) as well as a small library and a large library (1997). (William G. Boll).It also had a Federal Canada Post office 1996-12-13. The former headquarters of the Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade is now Station 58 of the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and houses a single engine company. The adjacent former Roxboro Town Hall houses the Fire Prevention officers for Fire Division 11, and also serves as a borough point of service for the Roxboro area.


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